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Panic buying fuel again
- mr.tourette
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Panic buying fuel again
No diesel at my local Shell but they did have petrol.. The Esso a little further on had petrol and diesel but no super unleaded, no real queueing, drove straight up at both stations
if its got tits or tyres..its trouble
- Flyingfifer
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Panic buying fuel again
I was at costco in Edinburgh on Wednesday and it was totally fine no queues whatsoever and no shortages at all, most stations I saw have been the same
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- Lifer
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Ditto at the Sainsbury's round the corner from me. There are a lot of shift-workers in my town; I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Lifer
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So are there more diesel vehicles on the road, or are fuel hoarders mostly diesel drivers?
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- mr.tourette
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I guess diesel goes in more vehicles overall, vans, trucks and anything remotely involved in the building trade and the like and those guys tend to do a lot of mileage and therefore are probably brimming... I have stuck to my usual weekly 40 quid, don't see the need to buy more, there is probably 20 quids worth in the z4 if i get stuck
if its got tits or tyres..its trouble
- TitanTim
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What this farce has demonstrated is the next real crisis that is actually serious then we're all fooked,
https://youtu.be/xVRefKA8CZM
Every punch up for themselves
Tim.
https://youtu.be/xVRefKA8CZM
Every punch up for themselves
Tim.
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- Lifer
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Things like this demonstrate what a knife-edge civilised society is living on (I use the word civilised in it's broadest terms).TitanTim wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:17 pm What this farce has demonstrated is the next real crisis that is actually serious then we're all fooked,
https://youtu.be/xVRefKA8CZM
Every punch up for themselves
If you want to have a fight in a petrol garage at least wear a face mask. Oh, hang on, I forget, that's so last month
Imagine what carnage there would be if chicken nuggets' production was affected! Or even worse, Domino's delivery drivers couldn't get fuel. It doesn't bear thinking about.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Lifer
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We have a wide spread of of areas of the country covered on the forum, so where are the areas with queues?
Is it as I suspect mainly down south, London area in particular or is it evenly spread all over the UK?
For starters no issues here in the Tyne & Wear area that I have seen.
Is it as I suspect mainly down south, London area in particular or is it evenly spread all over the UK?
For starters no issues here in the Tyne & Wear area that I have seen.
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- TitanTim
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To be honest I've only gone by the local commnity groups I'm active on and reading posts and comments seems most filling stations in Stafford where I'am ran dry pretty quickly. People were posting photo's showing people at local stations filling alsorts of containers as well as their tank I've kept well away from it all.Nanu wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:59 pm We have a wide spread of of areas of the country covered on the forum, so where are the areas with queues?
Is it as I suspect mainly down south, London area in particular or is it evenly spread all over the UK?
For starters no issues here in the Tyne & Wear area that I have seen.
Just siphoned a little from my neighbours car each night and I've been fine
Tim.
- Crazy Harry
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Article on BBC website about motorist who followed a tanker then complained that the driver didn't stop to tell them he was moving mortar!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-58767230
FFS! - Darwin award winners of the future
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-58767230
FFS! - Darwin award winners of the future
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Sainsburys in Newport has been closed but its the only one close to me - everywhere else is fine apart from the traffic
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- Lifer
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Panic buying fuel again
Good job the fukin idiots can't panic buy gas; then we would be knackered
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- pvr
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Don’t know, they could gas themselves?
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911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
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- Lifer
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Panic buying fuel again
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- Mr Tidy
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Given your location I was wondering if your local Tesco might be my one! (The Meadows in Camberley).Colin_E wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:03 pm Time of day seems to make a big difference in my neck of the woods. Fair sized queues in the (mid) mornings & all empty by the afternoon at my nearest Tesco seemed to be the pattern - so I guess they're getting deliveries overnight.
So I figured sometime around 6am might be OK - queue was just 4-5 cars deep at that time yesterday and job done in 5mins or so. Result!
They said they had no fuel yesterday around 2pm, but their online delivery vans were filling up.
But even if they had fuel at 6am I wouldn't be buying it - I'd rather be asleep.
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Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black